Allied World Assurance | 20 Fenchurch Street

Allied World Assurance Company is a leading worldwide insurance and reinsurance company with offices globally. Due to their continued growth, Allied World required a larger London-based office and has taken two floors within 20 Fenchurch Street, London.

This project consisted of 30,000 ft² of space for Allied World’s initial requirement and 10,000 ft² of sublet space for future-proofing. There are open-plan workspaces with staff break-out and meeting facilities. The staff floor areas are over two levels and linked with a feature staircase with specialist lighting enhancing the structural openings. The lighting designs utilize LED to coincide with the main building philosophy for using this light source for reduced energy consumption and retaining the BREEAM Excellent building certification.

This, along with variable EC/DC motor fan coil units and CO₂ controls in high occupancy areas, has further reduced energy and actively uses the available fresh air. The comms rooms utilize the highly resilient building provisions for generators and chilled water to support these. Elementa Consulting undertook due diligence and lease negotiations at the commencement of the project. To achieve the design periods available within the project’s fast track program and meet the December occupation, we worked closely with Pringle Brandon, Perkins&Will, and Knight Frank. This was achieved by setting up targeted workshops at each key stage.